This article is an example of Karl Marx’s theory of the bourgeoisie and proletariat and for his call of the proletariat(working class) to unite in order to change the relations between the proletariat (Google headquarters/HR) and the bourgeoisie. The workers at Google are protesting the companies gross mishandling of sexual misconduct and pay inequality.In Karl’s theory he would argue the Google HR would still be in the proletariat class just with higher “prestige and life chances” as class theorist Max Weber would analyze, but this article clearly separates the Google employees, regular customer service worker from corporate and or HR workers as the article states, “The Times report also tells the story of David C. Drummond, who is now the chief legal officer of Google parent company Alphabet. Drummond had an extramarital relationship starting in 2004 with another Google employee, Jennifer Blakely. The two had a son together in 2007. When the two disclosed their relationship to Google, the company’s human resources department discouraged the idea that a higher-up would be involved with a subordinate”(Harding 1). In this company where all workers probably make more than the average fast food employee, there's a culture of ranked society where the workers in the more prestigious and corporate jobs have more power and leverage.
